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  • Phishing in the 21st Century

    Most people think of fishing as a relaxing pastime that takes place near a body of water. Like many words and phrases, the term phishing takes a new context in relation to the Internet. According to the US Census Bureau, 'Phishing' is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire

  • KC-10 Extender: Air refueler in Southwest Asia

    KC-10 Extender aircraft are deployed to Southwest Asia from both Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The KC-10s are assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. The 908th EARS, as part of the 380th AEW, supports

  • Deployed security forces protect Southwest Asia base 24-7

    Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron are charged with security and force protection of more than 1,900 deployed personnel and billions of dollars worth of deployed assets, equipment and aircraft at a non-disclosed

  • KC-10 Extender: On the 'March' to a combat mission

    A flight crew drive a KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron down the taxiway en route to a mission during operations on the flightline for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on March 1, 2010. According to Mr. Ralph Jackson of the

  • Travis TOCCC keeps AMC connected

    A ribbon cutting ceremony officially marked the opening of the new Air Mobility Command Telephone Operator Consolidated Call Center here March 4.At 5 a.m. PST, all calls to Dover Air Force Base, Del., were transferred to operators at Travis.The goal of the TOCCC is to establish one centralized call

  • 87th ABW celebrates first birthday in New Jersey

    JB MDL celebrates a milestone as March 3 marked the one-year anniversary since the 87th Air Base Wing was activated.Just over a year ago, the new wing stood up in a split from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, officially transferring the responsibility of providing installation-management to McGuire Air

  • DePLAYment program allows access to free, reduced-cost services

    Wouldn't it be great if, when your spouse deploys, you could get free child care or get yourself or the kids more involved with base programs, without worrying about the cost?Now, when an Airman deploys, their family can get "dog tag" to use as a base pass for free/ reduced cost services such as

  • Medical teams, volunteers help patients during weather-related delays

    As the East Coast was digging out of the largest snow falls in recent history, this seemingly East Coast concern happening hundreds of mile away afforded Scott AFB's Airmen and families an opportunity to come together and volunteer to help their fellow military family.With more than 20 inches of

  • Combat zone controllers 'critical link' in deployed wing ops

    In the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Command Post, five Airmen manage a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week mission supporting the only wing in U.S. Central Command with KC-10 Extender, U-2 Dragonlady, E-3 Sentry and RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft."We are that critical link in managing information for our

  • AMC Total Force provides hope to Haiti

    One day after an earthquake devastated the island nation of Haiti Jan. 12, Air Mobility Command along with its Total Force partners began operations to support the crippled nation.Since Operation Unified Relief operations launched, more than 10,000 AMC active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National